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Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance in Developing Countries: Needs, Constraints and Realities

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Antimicrobial Resistance in Developing Countries

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Surveillance for antimicrobial resistance is important in terms of defining prevention and treatment strategies. While surveillance is routinely and efficiently carried out in developed countries, several major constraints often make it impossible for developing countries to carry out major surveillance programmes in this field. This chapter reviews the problems faced by the developing world in carrying out effective surveillance for antibiotic resistance and briefly describes the available data.

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  1. Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium

    E. Vlieghe

  2. Department of Medical Microbiology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, Scotland

    A.M. Bal & I. M. Gould

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    Aníbal de J. Sosa

  2. Dept. Zoology, Makerere University Kampala, Kampala, Uganda

    Denis K. Byarugaba

  3. Fundación Lusara, Playa Rosarito 353, Mexico, 08810, Mexico

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  4. Depts. Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan Univ. Hosp., Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.

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  5. Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, 00100, Kenya

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Vlieghe, E., Bal, A., Gould, I.M. (2010). Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance in Developing Countries: Needs, Constraints and Realities. In: Sosa, A., Byarugaba, D., Amábile-Cuevas, C., Hsueh, PR., Kariuki, S., Okeke, I. (eds) Antimicrobial Resistance in Developing Countries. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89370-9_26

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